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From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus

A pair of electrifying London shows bagged four prizes at the Olivier awards. Both were developed by Dutch company ITA, which has an eye for British talent

The Guardian - UK

Olivier awards 2025: Giant, Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof triumph

John Lithgow, Imelda Staunton, Romola Garai and Layton Williams are among the winners at the annual stage awards

The Guardian - UK

Taio Lawson to shepherd London’s Bush theatre as new artistic director

Lynette Linton’s successor at the new writing venue in west London promises to build on its bold legacy

The Guardian - UK

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Billy Elliot writer’s new play swaps West End for church hall in County Durham

Adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage will train people from the north-east to take on their first ever acting roles

The Guardian - UK

Radiohead take on Shakespeare with Hamlet Hail To The Thief

A new live experience fusing theatre, music and movement is coming this spring, in which a new version of Hamlet will be set to Thom Yorke’s reworking of Radiohead’s famous album

Evening Standard

Julian Holloway obituary

Stage and screen actor who appeared in eight of the saucy Carry On films of the 1960s and 70s

The Guardian - UK

Cate Blanchett: ‘I think you can smell when something is cynical’

The actor is teaming up with old friend Thomas Ostermeier for a bold new take on Chekhov. The pair discuss censorship, risk-taking, the far right, and ask: are celeb-led plays ruining the West End?

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Digested week: Labour politicians’ loose talk part of longstanding tradition

Awkward WhatsApp revelations, binned bitcoin, musical heart, Godfather nostalgia and the happy over-50s

The Guardian - UK

Claire van Kampen obituary

Composer, playwright and theatre director who often worked with her husband, the actor Mark Rylance

The Guardian - UK

Dame Joan Plowright obituary

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Health campaigners raise awareness after David Tennant's Macbeth cancellations

It comes after the West End production was forced to cancel several shows last month due to ‘company illness’

Evening Standard

The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals 2025: release date, host, acts, tickets and everything we know

Jason Manford and his jazz hands are back for a fourth year with The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals 2025.

WhatToWatch

Golden Globes robbed Jonathan Bailey

The triple threat has been treating us to his performances in "Bridgerton," "Fellow Travelers" and now "Wicked"

Salon

A night at the gala for The Devil Wears Prada: fashion, power and unapologetic glamour

This dazzling reinvention of the beloved 2006 just reminds us how London continues to hold its crown as the creative capital of the world

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Ben Elton finds the funny side of 'authentic stupidity' in AI age

He takes aim at billionaires, politicians and resurgent fascism.

Newcastle Herald

Funny man Ben Elton is mad ... and he's coming to Newcastle

His new live show is called Authentic Stupidity.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Davidson obituary

Comedy writer and performer who collaborated with Barry Humphries for more than half a century

Evening Standard

John Cleese seemingly quits Twitter as he calls out Elon Musk

He joins growing list of celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Whoopi Goldberg, Elton John, leaving the platform

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Graham Lyons obituary

Other lives: Bassoonist and multi-instrumentalist who played in jazz bands and West End orchestra pits

Evening Standard

‘I would never date a white person again’ – what Slave Play teaches us about interracial relationships

As Jeremy O. Harris’ new West End polemic lifts the lid on the uncomfortable reality of interracial relationships, Emma Loffhagen speaks to people about their experiences dating outside of their race

The Independent UK

Shifters review: This epic new romcom has West End audiences swooning

With fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high-profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jama – is another fresh hit originating from the Bush Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Family and friends pay tribute to Jay Slater at funeral in Lancashire

Hundreds of people attend service for 19-year-old who died after going missing in mountainous area of Tenerife

Evening Standard

Love Island host Maya Jama announces surprising new career move following Stormzy split

The TV presenter said she is ‘excited’ for this next chapter that will see her team with Idris Elba and Little Simz

Evening Standard

Slave Play star Olivia Washington responds to controversy over West End show

The American actress stars as Kaneisha opposite Kit Harington in the show

Evening Standard

What is Slave Play? Jeremy O. Harris's controversial Broadway hit coming to London's West End this summer

Harris’s shocking play about slavery and sex, power and trauma has been dividing audiences since its 2018 Off-Broadway debut. Now it’s opening in the capital

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